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We're Three: A Story About Families and The Only Child
AWARDS: 2010-2012 and 2017-2022, BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2013-2016 PREFERRED CHOICE AWARD AND THE 2009 SEAL OF EXCELLENCE FOR CHILDREN'S INTERACTIVE BOOKS AWARDED BY CREATIVE CHILD MAGAZINE.
Not since the Three Bears has there been a children's story about the family of three or the only child. This book captures the spirit and love of the family of three and invites other family numbers to participate. The book is interactive and asks children to draw pictures representing their own family unit. This makes the book more than just a story book but a pictorial journal of the child's personal family experience.
Inspired by her own family of three, Vivian Cameron-Gallo sets out to take the "only child" out of the isolation that generalizes and labels the only child. The single child does not stand alone but stands as an important part of a larger unit, a family. This "interactive" story is about families and the things they do together. The author hopes that the reader will follow along and draw pictures about their family on the blank pages designed for this purpose. The illustrations by Christina Simcic have captured the love of many different families. This book is made from the heart for all the young hearts beating to become our future. "We're Three" let's you know that your place in the world is special
REVIEWS
Rating: Five Stars: "There are all kinds of families in this great big world. Some are big with lots of kids... and some are small, with not too many or simply none at all." Did you know that the single-child family is the fastest growing type of American family? Yet, when author Vivian Cameron-Gallo, the mother of an "only child," sought a children's book that represented her daughter Ava, she found only a few and those had a melancholy tone with negative stereotypes. Therefore, inspired by her own family of three, she wrote this endearing little book to make the single child feel "normal" and part of something bigger - a family. The gentle, flowing verse makes for easy reading, and the colorful drawings by Christina Simcic add visual beauty to the text. I think that We're Three is a very beneficial and useful book, and it has my hearty endorsement.
Wayne Walker
STORIES FOR CHILDREN MAGAZINE
Rating: Five Stars: "We're Three" is a beautifully written and illustrated book. I truly enjoyed reading it to my son and sharing the message of how special a family of three is. He especially loved the interactive aspect of the book and drew his own interpretation of our unique family of three. The playful words and colorful illustrations made it fun to turn every page. I loved every "bit" of it
Christine Pitaccio, Peekskill, NY FOR: THE ONLY CHILD PROJECT
Rating: Five Stars: What a lovely story regarding a family structure that revolves around the only child. In these current times when only children are becoming the norm, it is nice to see that someone has identified with this growing family structure in a positive way. Kudos to the author and to the illustrator on such beautiful illustrations. I look forward to more work from this dynamic duo
Anthony FOR: WE READ
Not since the Three Bears has there been a children's story about the family of three or the only child. This book captures the spirit and love of the family of three and invites other family numbers to participate. The book is interactive and asks children to draw pictures representing their own family unit. This makes the book more than just a story book but a pictorial journal of the child's personal family experience.
Inspired by her own family of three, Vivian Cameron-Gallo sets out to take the "only child" out of the isolation that generalizes and labels the only child. The single child does not stand alone but stands as an important part of a larger unit, a family. This "interactive" story is about families and the things they do together. The author hopes that the reader will follow along and draw pictures about their family on the blank pages designed for this purpose. The illustrations by Christina Simcic have captured the love of many different families. This book is made from the heart for all the young hearts beating to become our future. "We're Three" let's you know that your place in the world is special
REVIEWS
Rating: Five Stars: "There are all kinds of families in this great big world. Some are big with lots of kids... and some are small, with not too many or simply none at all." Did you know that the single-child family is the fastest growing type of American family? Yet, when author Vivian Cameron-Gallo, the mother of an "only child," sought a children's book that represented her daughter Ava, she found only a few and those had a melancholy tone with negative stereotypes. Therefore, inspired by her own family of three, she wrote this endearing little book to make the single child feel "normal" and part of something bigger - a family. The gentle, flowing verse makes for easy reading, and the colorful drawings by Christina Simcic add visual beauty to the text. I think that We're Three is a very beneficial and useful book, and it has my hearty endorsement.
Wayne Walker
STORIES FOR CHILDREN MAGAZINE
Rating: Five Stars: "We're Three" is a beautifully written and illustrated book. I truly enjoyed reading it to my son and sharing the message of how special a family of three is. He especially loved the interactive aspect of the book and drew his own interpretation of our unique family of three. The playful words and colorful illustrations made it fun to turn every page. I loved every "bit" of it
Christine Pitaccio, Peekskill, NY FOR: THE ONLY CHILD PROJECT
Rating: Five Stars: What a lovely story regarding a family structure that revolves around the only child. In these current times when only children are becoming the norm, it is nice to see that someone has identified with this growing family structure in a positive way. Kudos to the author and to the illustrator on such beautiful illustrations. I look forward to more work from this dynamic duo
Anthony FOR: WE READ
28 pages, Perfect Paperback
First published July 15, 2008
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About the author
Vivian Cameron-Gallo
2 books5 followersVivian Cameron-Gallo resides in New York. She was inspired to write this book by her own family of three and in particular her wonderful daughter. Vivian has been honored with the 2010-2012 and 2017-2022, BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2013-2016 PREFERRED CHOICE AWARD AND THE 2009 SEAL OF EXCELLENCE FOR CHILDREN'S INTERACTIVE BOOKS AWARDED BY CREATIVE CHILD MAGAZINE.
She works as a freelance interior display designer and enjoys gardening and yoga. Vivian has over twenty years of design experience, which consisted of freelance visual planning in home furnishings display and exhibit design. You are welcome to visit Vivian's website at Only Child Kids Club where you can download and print extra drawing pages from her book We're Three.
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September 24, 2012
We're Three by Vivian Cameron-Gallo is charming story written for and dedicated to all of the children growing up in a single child home.
"There are many kinds of families in this great big world" and We're Three celebrates families with only one child. The book also contains pages where children can draw their own family and special things they do together.
As an only child myself, I particularly enjoyed this story. Most families are made up of more than one child and sometimes only children can feel different than their friends who have siblings. We're Three teaches children that families consist of different sizes and shapes (a family of three makes a triangle!), but what really makes a family is people who love one another.
The story is beautifully illustrated by Christina Simcic whose brightly colored artwork gives the story an added feeling of love and happiness.
Pick up a copy, especially if you have an only child.
"There are many kinds of families in this great big world" and We're Three celebrates families with only one child. The book also contains pages where children can draw their own family and special things they do together.
As an only child myself, I particularly enjoyed this story. Most families are made up of more than one child and sometimes only children can feel different than their friends who have siblings. We're Three teaches children that families consist of different sizes and shapes (a family of three makes a triangle!), but what really makes a family is people who love one another.
The story is beautifully illustrated by Christina Simcic whose brightly colored artwork gives the story an added feeling of love and happiness.
Pick up a copy, especially if you have an only child.
March 31, 2023
In short: very unpretentious, very cute, and very educational.
The verses are well-chosen, create a good rhythm, and make the rhymes melodic.
The visuals are a perfect match to the narrative - they are executed with black and coloured pencils and the illustrator's choice of childish style is excellent.
The added colouring pages encourage patience and nurture creativity and self-expression.
I received a free copy of the book and this is my honest opinion.
The verses are well-chosen, create a good rhythm, and make the rhymes melodic.
The visuals are a perfect match to the narrative - they are executed with black and coloured pencils and the illustrator's choice of childish style is excellent.
The added colouring pages encourage patience and nurture creativity and self-expression.
I received a free copy of the book and this is my honest opinion.
April 30, 2023
Adorable. Written in rhyme it embraces the fact that it is ok to be an only child. There are many kinds of families, human and nonhuman, and a three person family (mother, father and child) is just another kind. The illustrations are cute in showing various kinds of families. Plus there are three separate pages for you to draw your house, draw your family and draw things you do with your family. That's going the extra mile. The author provided me with a free copy.
March 16, 2023
This book raises awareness to the fact that families have different sizes and kids have to enjoy and appreciate their families no matter the size, especially for the only child. "We are three" is a beautifully written and illustrated book
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